In 2004, Petr Palas started Kentico as a profit-funded, no venture capital company. Since then, Kentico has continued to grow rapidly each year and is currently a company of over 90 people with a network of 1,200+ partners spanning 87 countries. Before starting Kentico Software, Petr Palas already had 5-years of experience in software development and marketing in Moravia IT, the leading IT localization company, where he led the PortSight division focused on the development of website portals and components on the Microsoft .NET platform.